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sag

UK/saɡ/ US/sæɡ/ uncommon informal
verb (2) noun (1)

verb

1.

droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

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2.

cause to sag

  • “The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably”
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noun

1.

a shape that sags

  • “there was a sag in the chair seat”
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Origin

From earlier sag, sagg, sack, from Middle English saggen, probably from Middle Low German sacken (“to sink, drift”), ultimately of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse søkkva (“to sink”), a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną (“to cause to sink”), related to Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”). Cognate with Scots seg (“to sink”), Danish sakke (“to lag behind”), Swedish sacka (“to lag”), Icelandic sakka (“to sink”), Faroese søkka (“to sink, drop down, descend, set”), Dutch zakken (“to fall, drop, sink”), German Low German sacken (“to sink”), and German sacken (“to sink”) (from Low German). Compare also Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“to walk or move heavily and slowly”).

Phrases

  • sag bag
  • sag off
  • sag pond
  • sag wagon

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